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Panorama
 Panorama from well up The Climbing Tree, Aug. 12. That's Lower Trout Lake in the distance. Trees that tower above the rest are red spruce. |
The Climbing Tree (32" dbh)
Lower Trout Lake Area
 Looking northwest across Trout Lake |
 Close-up; deciduous forest on the upland |
 Shoreline on south side of Lower Trout Lake |
 Large red spruce on slope to lake |
 Bank on south side of lake; dense fir; black spruce; paper birch, red maple; some large red spruce |
 Base of large red spruce; note absence of moss in litter area by base of the tree. |
 Large, older fallen dead wood of this sort was not common. |
Select Sites
 Site 1 Tree #4 (28" dbh) |
 Site 1 Tree#6 (24" (dbh) |
 Site 1, Tree # 8, 3-split above (23") |
 Site 1, Replaceent tree # 5 (8" dbh) & firs |
 Site 1: old stump |
 Site 1: red spruce snag |
 Site 1: Replacement red spruce (9") and old, cut logs |  Site 2: tree#3 (25") |
Forest Floor
 Site 2: moss covered boulders |
 Site of old bear scat: dead moss & 3 witherod seedlings |
 Above: lichen covered rock Right: Large fallen dead tree covered with moss and vegetation |
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Blowdown Area
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 Top right: birch seedling in recently exposed soil Right: stump and logs |  |
Lichens on Red Maple
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Fir Forest outside of the Crown land
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 At left: old stump of a large tree, likely red spruce |
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